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Vicksburg, CO

To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.
-Bill Bryson

National Register of Historic Sites

County: Chaffee County

Access via: County Road 390

Ranger District: Leadville

Attraction(s): Vicksburg Museum, Maintained by the Clear Creek Canyon Historical Society; Clear Creek Reservoir, A State Wildlife Area with excellent fishing

Nearby: Clear Creek Reservoir, Twin Lakes, Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir, Leadville, Weston Pass, Buena Vista, Lenhardy Cutoff, Sevenmile Road, Arkansas River Valley

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Vicksburg, Colorado

Once a thriving mining settlement, the ghost town of Vicksburg is a testament to the industries that built the west.

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